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color photograph of a black bear in a tree
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Skyler Palatnick/@skyswildart
A black bear on the UCSB campus, April 2025

Bear ecologist offers insight on recent sightings on and around campus

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photograph of a school psychologist speaking with a student
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iStock/Marcos Elihu Castillo Ramirez
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photograph of a first edition copy of the novel "The Grapes of Wrath"
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Matt Perko
A first edition of "The Grapes of Wrath" was among a recent donation of John Steinbeck's major works to the UCSB Library archive
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view from above of campus buildings with mountains in background
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Matt Perko
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Meghan Morrissey uses a micropipette in her lab.
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Matt Perko
Morrissey’s group is working to harness macrophage immune cells for novel cancer therapies.
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three-panel photographic image of a woman holding a picture of her son, the cover of a new book on Guatemala and the dry riverbed below a dam
"The Fourth Invasion" argues that present-day hydroelectric projects are a continuation of Guatemala's long history of colonialism and resource exploitation and includes the state-sponsored genocide of the late 20th century
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color photograph of three UCSB students, each a newly announced Racial Justice Fellow
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Matt Perko
2024–25 Racial Justice Fellows, from left: India Sanders, Diego Lazcano Avila and Marlene Lopez Torres